Tag: Florianopolis

By Beatriz Miranda, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Officially happening from February 9th to February 14th this year, Carnival is considered the hottest season in Brazil, mainly in Rio de Janeiro and Salvador. However, cities like Ouro Preto,...

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A just-released study of the Brazilian hotel industry shows that by year's end São Paulo hotels project to have one of the highest occupancy rates in Brazil at 61.75 percent,...

By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A hotel in Santa Catarina, one of Brazil’s southernmost states, has appeared as one of the top 25 luxury hotels in the world. The Ponta dos Ganchos resort in...

By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – With more than sixty blues and jazz musicians and entertainers performing live and more than one hundred labels of wine from twenty countries available during testing events, the...

By Mary Bolling Blackiston, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Just a two-hour plane ride south of Rio, Florianópolis, the capital city of the Southern state of Santa Catarina, is a favorite summer destination for many Brazilians. Not only...

By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Botafogo beat Figueirense 1-0 in the third round of the first leg of the Copa do Brasil last night in Volta Redonda. Rafael Marques headed the game's only goal...

By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – Seven violent attacks were reported in the southern Brazil state of Santa Catarina on Monday night, as a wave of violence which has seen dozens of buses torched reached its seventh...

By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter
FLORIANÓPOLIS, BRAZIL – If you are looking for a way to dodge the chaos of Carnival in Rio, then Florianópolis, capital of Santa Catarina state, might just provide the escapism you need. The stunning, 33-mile-long...

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